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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• archaeology
• travel
• Israel
• David Rafael Moulis
• Tel Moza

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Michal Novotný, David Rafael Moulis

He first glimpsed the ancient world through the viewfinder as a teenager on a family holiday in Tunisia and for David Rafael Moulis it was a turning point. His camera eventually led him to Israel, as a member of a team from the Protestant Theological Faculty at Charles University. 

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• research
• cancer treatment
• biology
• appreciation
• Jiří Bártek

• Pavla Hubálková
• Vladimír Šigut, Tomas Bertelsen

“I have always been fascinated by basic mechanisms and to understand how things work inside the cell,” says cell biologist Jiři Bártek, the most cited Czech scientist, awarded an honorary doctorate from Charles University in 2022.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• research
• Videos
• awards
• ERC
• honoris causa

• Pavla Hubálková
• Forum, CU archive

Dictionary.com chose “woman” as its word of the year for 2022, an apt choice which could apply to Charles University. In February, for the first time in its history, the position of rector was taken up by a woman: professor and  scientist Milena Králíčková. The events of 2022 demonstrated the importance and necessity of science more than ever.

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Category: Science

• languages
• culture
• Jan Sýkora
• Japanology
• Diplomatics

• Martin Rychlík
• Michal Novotný, Japanese Embassy

Associate Professor Jan Sýkora from the Institute of Asian Studies has been to Japan countless times and has dedicated more than 30 years to the study of the Japanese language and culture. This year, he received one of Japan’s highest honours.

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• Nobel Prize
• chemistry
• Martin Kotora
• inspiration

• Marcela Uhlíková
• Hynek Glos

Professor Martin Kotora is the head of the Group of Catalysis in Organic Synthesis at the Faculty of Science of Charles University. Earlier this year, Kotora received the prestigious Donatio award – recognising excellence in research, a high number of citations, and publication in top scientific journals.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• Primus
• women of CU
• ERC
• Erin Carson
• Women in Science

• Pavla Hubalková
• Michal Novotný

A European Research Council junior grant (ERC Starting) has gone to Erin Carson from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University. She will analyse numerical computations and search for new algorithms for computational systems.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Science

• Science
• Neuron Endowment Fund
• Jan Starý
• Neuron Awards
• appreciation

• Pavla Hubálková
• NF Neuron

Two Czech scientists who have contributed significantly to global research with their lifetime of work, one scientific transfer project and six young scientific talents. These are this year's awards from the Neuron Foundation for Science. Six of the nine awards have gone to Charles University.

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Category: Science

• Science
• events
• popularisation
• FameLab
• Researchers Night

• Pavla Hubalková
• Vladimír Šigut, Martin Pinkas, Hynek Glos

Over three thousand visitors saw, heard, felt, tasted or touched science on Friday, 30 September, the day that Czech European Researchers Night took place. Charles University prepared 80 activities for children and adults. Also on view was the FameLab competition final.

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• economics
• labour markets
• Covid19
• Talking Economics Podcast
• Ukraine

• Katarína Stehlíková
• Shutterstock

The Czech labor market situation has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and in recent months by the war in Ukraine. What are the main characteristics of the Czech labor market now? Katarína Stehlíková talks about these issues with Klára Kalíšková.

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Category: Science

• Martin Vlach
• popularisation
• Didaktikon
• science communication
• Tereza Martínková Bártlová

• Pavla Hubálková
• Martin Pinkas

September saw the opening of the Didaktikon Educational and Creative Centre at Kampus Hybernská, successfully fusing cooperation between Charles University and the City of Prague. Ten interdisciplinary exhibits and a number of events await visitors.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• conference
• travel
• networking
• science communication
• EUPRIO

• Pavla Hubálková
• EUPRIO, Pavla Hubálková

Zurich is more than the Swiss city of chocolate and banking or one of the richest cities in the world: recently, it was the destination where communicators from all over Europe converged. The conference central theme  of the annual conference was “Science communication: how to engage nowadays”.

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Category: Science

• film
• Nature
• Videos
• documentary
• flora & fauna

• Pavla Hubálková
• Aerofilms, Ondřej Sedláček

If you want to experience beautiful nature, head to Prague. You read that right. The Czech metropolis is a unique place in Europe when it comes to the number of species diversity of plants and animals. Don't believe it? The new film and book Planeta Praha will convince you.

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• Miroslav Bárta
• archaeology
• Abusír
• Egyptology
• Jiří Janák

• Pavla Hubálková
• Petr Košárek, CU archive

An archaeological team from the Czech Institute of Egyptology discovered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian dignitary during fieldwork in Egypt, in the spring of 2022. Although it was already looted in antiquity, the site is neverthless invaluable.

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• CERGEEI
• Audio
• Talking Economics Podcast
• inflation
• interest rates

• Katarína Stehlíková
• Talking Economics podcast

What are the main causes of high inflation? Will the inflation go back to lower levels? Katarína Stehlíková asked economist Dana Hájková these questions and more in the latest episode of Talking Economics, produced and recorded at CERGE-EI.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Science

• CERGEEI
• Nature
• research
• vaccines
• Covid19

• Vladimír Šigut, Martin Pinkas

"Many think that only about half of medical doctors believe in vaccines against Covid-19. In fact, it's 90 percent! Communicating this is a simple way of increasing vaccination rates," summarize Michal Bauer and Julie Chytilová, co-authors of a new study in Nature.